Baking-pan



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' E. F. GREENE & F. H. HENDRYX.

BAKING PAN. No. 383,177. Patented May 22, 1888.

Uivrrnn STATES Arena FHGEQ EDW'ARD F. GREENE AND FRANK H. HENDRYX, OFBATH, NE\V YORK.

B A K I N G PA N SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.383,177, dated May 22, 1888.

Application filed November 28, 1887. Serial No. 256,326. (No model.) 7

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD F. GREENE and FRANK H. HENDRYX, of Bath,county of Steuben, in the State of New York, and citi- Zens of theUnited States, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinBaking- Pans, of which the following is aspecification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure l is a top plan view of our" baking pan; Fig. 2, a verticaltransverse section thereof, taken on line m m, Fig. 1; and Fig.3, adetail view of the blank from which the false bottom and its handle areformed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

Our invention relates, generally, to an improved baking-pan for bakingpie, cake, and other pastry; and our object is to produce a pan of suchconstruction that the baked pastry may be readily removed from the panwith out danger of crumbling or breaking, a pan simple to operate, beingeasy to handle when withdrawing from a stove-oven, and simple andinexpensive in its manufacture.

Our invention consists in the novel features of construction andoperation hereinafter described, and which are specifically enumeratedin the several claims hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows: A represents the pan proper provided wit-ha fixed bottom.

B is-a detached or false bottom having integraltherewith (or connectedthereto) the side handle, 0, said false or detached bottom fitting intothe lower part of the pan A and resting directly on the pans bottom, asclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The false bottom B is perfectly Hat and of an equal thickness, and theside handle, 0, in- I tegral with or connected thereto, is formed at theside or edge thereof and extends up the side of the pan in close contacttherewith, and thence horizontally out beyond the pans edge the desireddistance.

The false bottom 13 and its side handle, (7, we preferably form (bybending) from a blank stamped or cutout of a single piece of tin orother sheet metal, whereby the parts B and 0, being integral, are moredurable and strong and cheaper of manufacture than when said parts areformed of separate pieces of sheet metal fastened together.

Our improved construction permits of the withdrawal from the stove-ovenof the baking-pan and the baked pastry therein by means of the sidehandle, 0, connected to the false or detachable bottom, as the adhesionof the pastry to the sides of the pan prevents displacement of the falsebottom and its handle portion during said operation. After the pansremoval the detached or false bottom B, with pastry resting upon it,may, by means of the handle 0, be raised up out of the pan, first havingloosened the pastry from the sides of the pan by the insertion of aknife around the sides thereof. The false bottom being now out of thepan, the insertion of a knife between said bottom and the bottom of thepastry allows its separation therefrom without danger of crumbling orbreaking.

It is self-evident that the utilization of our false bottom and its sidehandle prevents the defaccinent or injury to the pastry incident to theemployment of false bottoms constructed with a central tube, either withor without a handle at its top.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A baking-pan constructed as herein shown and described, consisting ofthe sides and permanent bottom, the detachable auxiliary or false bottomadapted to lie upon the permanent bottom, the said detachable bottombeing provided with a side handle formed integral therewith andextending up along the inner side of the pan, and thence longitudinallyout beyond the pans edge, the aforesaid detachable bottom and its handleportion being formed from a blank stamped or cut out of one and the samepiece of tin or sheet metal, substautially as described.

2. A bakingpan constructed with a fixed or permanent bottom and providedwith are-- movable auxiliary or false bottom adapted to lie upon thepermanent bottom, and having connected thereto a side handle thatextends up along the inside of the pans side,and thence longitudinallyout beyond the edge or rim of the pan sufficiently to admit of itsproper too handling, all combined substantially as del substantially asdescribed,and for the purposes scribed and shown, and for the purposesspecispecified. fied. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our 3. Abaking-pan constructed with a permahands this 11th day of November,1887. 5 nent bottom and having rcmovably mounted thereon an auxiliary orfalse bottom provided with a handle portion extending from a sidethereof upward and in proximity to the inner In presence of surface ofthe pans side, and thence extending B. G. GAGE,

1o beyond the top thereof a suitable distance, K. S. GAGE

